episode_0089

Linnaeus’ confession, the next day.

I prepared breakfast with bleary eyes.

“Hwaam… .”

‘In the end, I couldn’t sleep for even an hour… I need to quickly prepare breakfast and get some sleep.’

After worrying about this and that hundreds of times, I ended up staying up all night, so my breakfast was simple sujebi.

It was completed simply by tossing thin pieces of sujebi into the thick anchovy broth.

Sujebi, with its chewy and smooth texture, combined with the light broth, is truly the perfect breakfast menu.

Since you ate a lot of meat yesterday, your stomach will be tired, so it was a breakfast made out of my consideration to start the morning fresh…

– Rattling.

“Kuhm… Wow, it looks delicious.”

“I always look forward to Savior’s cooking… Hmm.”

“Cheer, wife, angel!! thank you for this food… !!!”

‘Oh, it’s awkward…’ !!!!’

As we sat at the table, we had no idea where the suje money was going.

Perhaps because something like that happened yesterday, the atmosphere at the table was very awkward.

Even Elizabeth, Arthur, and Lucia showed signs of fatigue on their faces.

He had a stern expression and was yawning intermittently, so he probably had a hard time sleeping all night like me.

‘… Even if it’s me, why are you like that?’

“Everyone didn’t sleep well at night… ? Everyone looks sleepy.”

So, to break the awkward atmosphere, I asked what he had been doing to be so tired.

“… … !!!!!? Cough, clap. Just, kinda.”

“ugh… Well, I have some things to worry about.”

“Now, now, you can sleep when you die, angel!!!”

‘What do you mean… ?’

… If I had known that everyone would be shocked as soon as they heard it, I wouldn’t have asked.

Seeing the unusual reaction, I nodded my head slightly as if I didn’t want to ask any more questions.

As I was doing that, I heard a small sound of wind blowing next to me.

It was Winter’s voice that kept smiling even in the awkward atmosphere.

“Push!!”

“Winter? Why are you smiling?”

“No. I just thought everyone was naive. It must be really hard for the little boy. Oh, is it all karma in the first place?”

“… … ?”

When I ask why I’m smiling, Winter pats my head with a mischievous smile.

My head tilted at the incomprehensible words.

please… Because it seemed like he was confident that I had accumulated some kind of karma and would experience hardships because of it.

But there was no time to ask why.

– Rattling.

“Keu, keuhm. I ate well. It was delicious, warrior.”

“I ate it all too… !!!”

“Thanks to you, I got warm from the morning.”

As if to cut off Winter’s words, the group that had hurriedly killed Sujebi got up all at once.

As if that wasn’t enough, the three of them move around bustlingly, rattling dishes.

Thanks to this, the flow was cut off and I could only sip the remaining sujebi in silence.

-Slurp.

‘Why is everyone like that… ?’

“Little one, thank this sister.”

“… … ?”

Winter just looked down happily on that day.

… What is it?

* * * * * *

After a while.

After finishing our meal, we sat together in the reception room.

… Except Linne. Maybe he overslept, but no matter how many times I knocked on the door, he wouldn’t wake up.

anyway. With the awkward atmosphere still in place, Winter, alone and carefree, applauded.

-match!!

“Now, pay attention. The kid asked me yesterday, right? Are you going to go with me to defeat the devil or something?”

“Yes. It did… No, I did.”

“I’ll start with the conclusion. I’ll follow you, guys.”

“… … !!!!!”

Afterwards, Winter made a shocking statement.

I will retract my disparaging remarks from yesterday and obediently join the warrior party.

It was such a shocking statement that the awkward atmosphere immediately disappeared.

“Really? No, really? Winter!?”

“Little one, either treat him with respect or not. Anyway, really.”

“You were so talkative until yesterday. What’s going on? Have you finally awakened to your duty as a warrior?”

“It’s not like that. Are you saying you’re going to catch a bitch who’s stronger than the guys you fought with yesterday?”

“The power of the Demon King is unknown, but… Probably so.”

“She’s that strong, isn’t she someone she would definitely want to fight with at least once? And, without this sister, the little girl might die.”

Additionally, Winter began to explain why she made the decision she did.

In short, the desire to win against the absolute strong. Plus, worry about me.

… The latter is a bit of a worry, but thank you anyway.

My eyes were filled with emotion.

“Winter… !!!”

‘I thought it was a closed grade, but it turned out to be an ace… !!’

“By the way, even if I want to follow you. I have my own circumstances. Not right away.”

“… … what? Circumstances?”

But soon, our excitement disappeared again.

It was due to her circumstances as explained by Winter.

“Actually, as a member of the guardian clan, I have a duty to protect the continent.”

“Guardian clan?”

“Let me explain. actually… .”

In summary, it was as follows.

Winter’s ancestors who served as the guardians of Dragon Lair almost hundreds of years ago.

However, it is said that even after the dragons disappeared from this world, they completed their mission.

Rare from the monsters swarming across the mountain range. Furthermore, the mission to protect the continent.

This was passed down, and our ancestors soon formed a small tribe called the ‘Guardian Clan.’

The last remaining survivor of the Guardian clan is Winter…

The explanation is that she, too, must follow her mission.

“So, I can’t just leave Nordkirchen.”

“… I never thought there were such beings in Nordkirchen. I never even dreamed.”

“The monsters became so strong 10 years ago that I ended up being left alone.”

“Ah… … .”

A solemn atmosphere due to a slightly heavy story.

But the mischievous smile on Winter’s lips didn’t seem to stop.

“But! If you wipe them out once, the monsters won’t come down for a while, right? So, I’ll clean up before I follow you guys. Of course, just me.”

“… what? No, is that okay?”

“Originally, it was impossible because I didn’t have enough mana, but I figured if I had Little Yori, it would work out somehow. I think 3 days will do?”

Then Winter confidently stretched out three fingers.

This means that as long as we have the cooking skill buff, we can clear out enough monsters beyond the mountain range and follow us in just 3 days.

After hesitating for a moment, we both opened our mouths.

It was to help Winter, who was now a close friend.

“We can help too.”

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“That’s right!! How can you climb those northern mountains alone…? .”

“What do those who are weaker than me say? Since it’s only a distraction, you can just wait here.”

“But Winter, if we help you, we’ll be able to process it faster.”

“You guys just get lost if you go there? What are those, rolled dumplings? You can just make a lot of that.”

But Winter refused our help.

It really seems like being seven-colored and eight-colored is actually a burden if we keep up with it.

In addition to that,

-Pisik.

“And you guys, don’t you have a lot to do in 3 days?”

“… … … !!!!!”

Winter smiles meaningfully at us.

I tilted my head, not knowing what was happening, but…

On the contrary, everyone in the group took a deep breath.

As if there was a point to those words.

“Help… Huh, huh. That’s right. When I think about it.”

“… It was only yesterday that I defeated the Four Heavenly Kings. I also have to adapt to my increased strength. Um.”

“Ma, you are correct. Mr. Winter… !!!”

And at the same time, the glances of my companions who had paused for a moment caught my attention again.

… Why do you keep calling me?

“Puhup. So, while this sister is beating up the monsters, the little one can rest well at the mansion.”

‘The reaction is suspicious… ‘It’s a bit too much to ask.’

“Okay, yo… ?”

But everyone says that, so I can’t say anything about it.

I nodded quietly.

“Khuhu. So, those rolled dumplings? Give it all to me. Let’s start cleaning right away starting today.”

“Hwaam… wait a minute. I’ll steam it for you in a moment.”

“… Little boy, why does respect keep going back and forth?”

“It’s because I’m sleepy, I’m sleepy… .”

* * * * * *

After a while.

“Then I’ll come back!! Little one, don’t go anywhere and stay safe at home~!!”

“Go… .”

-Paaa!!!

“… Already gone.”

With a dumpling in his mouth, Winter immediately left the mansion.

If you want to kill a monster, you have to be busy or something.

As she quickly flew away in the blizzard, I just waved her hand to see her off.

“Hwaam… .”

‘I wonder if I’ll be okay alone… Well, if you look at his abilities, he’s probably fine. ‘Let’s go to sleep now that this has happened.’

After that, I naturally turned my back and headed towards the mansion.

I couldn’t sleep at all last night because I was embarrassed…

Thankfully, thanks to Rinne oversleeping, I was relieved of my embarrassment.

The plan was to just close my eyes and get up again.

… Obviously, that was the plan.

“A warrior? Wait a minute… .”

“Savior. for a moment… .”

“Wife, wife, angel… … Huh?”

On that day, Elizabeth, Lucia, and Arthur all stopped at the same time.

A feeling of instinctive anxiety overtook me.

… What, why are their faces all red?

please—

‘Yesterday, just before I confessed, like Linnaeus… uh?’

Lips pursed as if preparing for something. Cheeks red from embarrassment.

I came to a sudden halt at the sight that gave me a sense of déjà vu.

On that day, the three were busy glancing at each other.

“Wait a minute. Lucia wouldn’t know, Arthur, you too… ?”

“Ah, no, your highness!! Something like that… .”

“Sir Arthur is fully qualified.”

“Ha… Even you. Well, I’ll forgive you.”

“… … majesty? Lucia?! Well, that… .”

And the three of them whispering something to each other.

My intuition was screaming a fierce warning.

Run away from here quickly. Otherwise, your heart won’t be able to take it.

however…

Rather than me spreading my wings, Elizabeth took a step forward.

“Keuhum. Warrior? I heard there’s a hot spring nearby. Let’s go alone and have a chat in private.”

“… Hueh?”

Elizabeth wants to go to a hot spring together, just the two of us.

My brain froze.

This is exactly like when Rinne called me out yesterday…

-Swipe.

“Savior. I heard there is a rare elixir in the snowy mountain nearby. Would you like to go with me?”

“Lu, Lucia!!?”

But there wasn’t much time to think leisurely.

Lucia opened her mouth after Elizabeth,

-Paaah!!

“Cheer, wife, angel!!! Would you like to visit the surrounding border with me?!!!”

“Arthur, until… … ?”

This was because Arthur rushed forward as if he could not lose.

… Normally, everyone would have innocently tilted their heads and asked why I was like this.

However, I was attacked by Lucia’s confession yesterday.

What does this mean, and what are the three who are showing their determination before my eyes trying to do?

I felt it intuitively.

That’s it———

“Seo, no way. The three of you are also going to confess to me… … Hmm.”

-Help.

As soon as I thought of the word ‘confession’, my mouth opened arbitrarily.

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I covered my mouth with both hands.

Because I shouldn’t have said this. No matter how much I noticed, I shouldn’t have said it.

… But it seemed it was already too late.

“That, that, that… Ugh, yes.”

“… … Keuhum, khum.”

“Angel, that, over there… … .”

At my words, the three of them were startled and each began to look away.

My eyes also started spinning.

“Uh, hey, that’s it. excuse me… .”

‘wait for a sec. Not only Rinne, but the other three as well… ? To me? confession?’

I hope it’s my imagination, but…

Having already received a confession once, I was convinced of my intuition.

The reason those three are calling me out separately is because of a 100% confession.

And, when I noticed that,

-Whaaah!!!!

‘Why on earth is everyone talking about someone like me!!!? Uh, how should I look at your face… !!!’

My face was just as red as it was yesterday.

Following yesterday’s confession attack, isn’t there a situation where three consecutive confession attacks have come in?

Even though I haven’t received a confession yet… How can I stay calm when the results have already been spoiled?

Even, as if it would destroy my last remaining sanity.

“… Hehehe. What are you doing in the morning~?”

“Lee, Lee, Linne!!!!!?”

Rinne happened to wake up at the worst possible time.

As soon as I saw the disheveled pajama outfit and bright smile, the shame I had barely suppressed burst out. Almost like a volcano erupting.

My reason couldn’t stand it any longer.

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“I, I don’t know!!!”

-Flap, flutter, flutter.

“Yo, hero!!!!”

“I’ll cool down and come back!!!!”

-Ssss.

So I spread my wings and ran away with all my might.

With three people scheduled to confess in the future, I couldn’t maintain my composure in front of one person who had already confessed.

… It was my first and last escape.

* * * * * *

About 3 minutes after escape.

“Oguogu, my little boy. Are you feeling embarrassed~?”

“… … … .”

‘This is a bit of a different vector and it’s embarrassing… ?’

I got hit with a knee pillow by Winter.